Tattoos Just curious if anyone in the community has tattoos in honor of the Eddings' books? I'm looking particularly for the Belgariad or Mallorean storyline...but would love to see any others if there are!

Okay, so... I know this community has been dead for about a year, but I need some help and I didn't know who else would get it. Sorry for bumping!

The basic gist: my dad was reading me The Belgariad since the day I was born. The books have a lot of meaning and significance to me.

I'm wanting to get another tattoo and I was thinking that something from the books would be perfect. But...I can't decide on what I should go with. The Orb of Aldur is definitely a major symbol, but it'd basically be a glowing circle.

that's Poledra! so i'm listening to queen of sorcery as an audio book....and i'm at the part where barak attacked the arends that took garion.... and you catch a glimpse of a ghostly white owl looking at them.....All these years i thought it was polgara....Not!j

I mentioned sometime back that I was going to post a family history of the line descending from Riva and Beldaran. I finished up about four weeks ago and I finally have the time to post. All dates are A.C. which stands for Alorn Calender. There are skips in the line and that is do to the info provided in Polgara's books and Belgarath's. Hehe must have been those centuries where nothing happened! The date of deaths for some of the wives is not known as are the dates of death for some of the members of the Rivan line.

4756 Daran II born (Wife is Selana no known date of their marriage)4779 Geran III born (no known date of death)4801 Darel son of Geran III is born4831 Darel marries Adana4841 Garel son of Darel is born4851 Darel dies4860 Garel marries Aravina4861 Gelane son of Garel is born4867 Garel dies4878 Gelane marries Enalla4899 Garel II is born (date of death unkown, had two un-named sisters)4902 Gelane dies4915 Garel marries Merel

4916 to 5290

Darion II is born has thirteen brothers and sistersGeran IV is born (was a doctor, not successful)Darion III is born, marries Esena

I have been reading through Polgara the Sorceress and Belgarath the Sorcerer getting as much detail as i can about Garion's family tree. I came upon something I had not noticed before in my previous read throughs of Polgara's book. Prince Geran that escaped the assination at Riva had at least two brothers. I discovered this when I read the statement made by Prince Geran when he said "My oldest brother is going to be King." If he had only one brother he would have said "my brother" by using the statement "my oldest brother" he reveals that he has more than one.

Hmmm? Question: I am in the middle of reading Castle of Wizardry and i keep seeing the name Eriond on this page. My question is: Is Eriond the name of the little boy (aka Errand) or the voice inside Belgarion's head?

Another question. In the Vale, Belgarath stated that Bel was used for sorcerers and Pol for sorceresses. Using that logic, shouldn't Beldaran (twin sister to Polgara) be Poldaran or something?

Poll:Having read Eddings books and Lord of the Rings, what is your opinion of Christopher Paolini and his Inheritance Trilogy?

Specifically, I have noticed some "coincidences" between his books and Tolkein's and Eddings such as the silvery palms, the importance of certain round stone-like objects and the other non-human beings. What is your take?

So I was just thinking about how the "Will and the Word" made the Sorcerors so powerful. Yet I remember from the books the Gods willed the world and creatures into being. By that very definition anyone who uses the "will and the word" are in fact an aspect fo the divine.

What's your take on this? Could all the Sorcerors be in fact gods/demi-gods?

This book mentions that the Aldur river empties into the Gulf of Cherek. If that is the case the river would have to flow from South to North. How can this be true when later on in the series Cherek warboats sail down the river. Would it not have to be rowing up the river?

I have went into every round with an idea of how each pairing would turn out. For the most part everything went as I thought, however Hettar advancing as far as he did was interesting. Especially considering he defeated Mandorallen, Liselle, and Sadi. That's is quite an achievement.

Now the championship match Belgarion vs Poledra. I have no idea how this will turn out. My money would be on Belgarion only because he won the first version of the tournament we had some months ago. But Poledra is certainly his equal in many regards. It shall be intersting to see who wins.

Also since this is the championship, I would like everyone to explain why they made their choice. (i.e. why you picked whoever you picked to win)